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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

As mpox strain clade 1b reaches Europe, expert warns of delayed Western response

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) (Credit: Stefan Wermuth—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern due to the rising number of cases of mpox.

A new variant of mpox—previously known as monkeypox—emerged in September 2023 and has since surged in the African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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